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Palletways member The Pink Link celebrated the official opening of its new premises at Oakes, Huddersfield, with the help of Huddersfield Town chairman, Dean Hoyle, who marked the event by the cutting of a pink ribbon, flanked by player Murray Wallace and former Town favourite, Andy Booth. The Pink Link team was also joined by a number of customers, including Card Factory, National Flexible and Easy Pave.
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DB Schenker is planning a €20 million logistics centre for the car industry at in Shenyang, in China in conjunction with a Chinese partner, subject to approval from the authorities. The 45,000sq m centre will distribute spare parts and supply local car production. Construction is due to start in 2015. ...
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The transport industry turned out in force on the weekend of 14/15 September, cycling from Tunbridge Wells to Brussels to raise £75,000 for Transaid.
They set off from the Freight Transport Association’s head office in Tunbridge Wells and headed for Dover and the ferry to Calais. In France, even the most ...
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Samskip Multimodal has taken delivery of 63 new 20ft custom-built flatracks for its Steel and Construction Logistics department. The design maximises internal loading space and minimises empty weight and can carry longer, higher and wider loads than would fit on a standard 20ft flatrack, and an increased payload in the ...
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Cargolux Airlines is adding a second 747 freighter flight to Beijing and Xiamen from 17 September. It complements the existing Friday flight inaugurated in 2006 and leaves Luxembourg every Wednesday at 9:00 am and arrives in Beijing on Thursday at 1:00 am. Departure from Beijing is scheduled for 2:50 am ...
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Cross Channel ferry operator, DFDS Seaways, is trialling a new freight booking system for customers using mobile and tablet devices.Developed by DFDS’ IT development team, it is currently being trialled by six freight customers. Initial feedback has been extremely positive, adds freight sales director, Wayne Bullen.He adds: “We are hoping ...
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Several shipping lines say that they will implement a fuel surcharge when the International Maritime Organisation's new Emission Control Area for North Europe comes into force from 1 January 2015. They include leading container carrier MSC – further details are at www.mscgva.ch. The ECA imposes stringent new limits on ships' ...
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DFDS Seaways says it plans to shut its twice-daily Portsmouth to Le Havre freight and passenger ro ro service, following a meeting with union representatives in France. DFDS Seaways France took over the Portsmouth-Le Havre service in 2012 as part of its joint venture with LD Lines but both companies have ...
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The trade treaty that triggered the Ukraine crisis is to be postponed, said EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht following a meeting with Ukraine’s foreign minister and Russia’s economy minister in Brussels on 12 September. The free trade pact with the EU, originally due to enter into force on 1 ...
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The European Union has approved South American shipping line CSAV's merger with Germany's Hapag Lloyd. The two lines signed a binding business combination agreement in April. The Department of Justice of the US had cleared the planned transaction but approvals in a few other jurisdictions are still pending. The merger ...
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